Probabilities and Optimal Inference to Understand the Brain

Organizers: Paul Apicella, Frederic Danion, Nicole Malfait, Anna Montagnini and Laurent Perrinet
Speaker gender ratio: 3 Women : 8 Men (27%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 19%

*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword (bayesian OR bayes) AND (neuro OR brain) and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 6 pages of results found using our python script.